Birth year

Born in 1919? Here's your year in charts

In 1919, the top baby names were Mary and John and a newborn could expect to live 54.7 years.

Top baby names of 1919

Girls

  1. 1. Mary 65,836 babies, 5.8% of girls
  2. 2. Helen 33,706 babies, 3.0% of girls
  3. 3. Dorothy 31,733 babies, 2.8% of girls
  4. 4. Margaret 26,238 babies, 2.3% of girls
  5. 5. Ruth 24,562 babies, 2.2% of girls

Boys

  1. 1. John 53,522 babies, 5.5% of boys
  2. 2. William 43,969 babies, 4.5% of boys
  3. 3. James 42,392 babies, 4.3% of boys
  4. 4. Robert 41,025 babies, 4.2% of boys
  5. 5. Charles 25,192 babies, 2.6% of boys

From Social Security card applications for babies born in the U.S.; names given to fewer than 5 babies are left out. Pick a name to see how many babies got it every year since 1880.

1919 then vs. now

  • Life expectancy at birth

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    54.7 years in 1919, compared with 78.7 years in 2018

    How long a baby born that year could expect to live, at that year's death rates.

Prices are in dollars of the day, not adjusted for inflation. A figure is left out when its chart doesn't cover 1919.

$100 in 1919 buys about as much as $1,943.88 in September 2026. Try the inflation calculator

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